DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,811

HOLO-KROME
A FORMER SUBSIDIARY OF DANAHER TOOL GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD
WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 10, 2009 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Holo-Krome Company, a former subsidiary of
Danaher Tool Group, West Hartford, Connecticut (Holo-Krome
Company). The workers at the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of hex head fasteners and
hex keys. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product. The investigation revealed that the worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Randstad.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Holo-
Krome Company, a former subsidiary of Danaher Tool Group,
including on-site leased workers from Randstad, West Hartford,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities, related to the
production of Hex head fasteners and hex keys meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hex head fasteners and hex keys by the
subject firm decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with hex head fasteners
and hex keys produced by Holo-Krome Company have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a sample survey
of the subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of hex head fasteners and hex keys during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported hex head fasteners and hex keys.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of hex head fasteners and hex keys by
customers of Holo-Krome Company contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Holo-Krome Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Holo-Krome Company, a
former subsidiary of Danaher Tool Group, including on-site
leased workers from Randstad, West Hartford, Connecticut, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of hex head
fasteners and hex keys meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:


"All workers of Holo-Krome Company, a former subsidiary of
Danaher Tool Group, including on-site leased workers from
Randstad, West Hartford, Connecticut, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 4,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of June 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance